a decumanus was an east–west-oriented road in a Roman city or castrum (military camp). The main decumanus of a particular city was the decumanus maximus...
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Spaccanapoli (street) (redirect from Decumanus Inferiori)
city of Neapolis. The central main Decumanus Maggiore is now Via dei Tribunali; while the northernmost or upper Decumanus Superiore is now via Anticaglia...
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Crested oropendola (redirect from Psarocolius decumanus)
The crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus), also known as the Suriname crested oropendola or the cornbird, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It...
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Pacific spiny rat (redirect from Proechimys decumanus)
The Pacific spiny rat (Proechimys decumanus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Morphological characters...
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Cardo Decumanus Crossing was in the heart of Roman Berytus (actual Beirut, Lebanon). The Cardo and Decumanus Maximus were the main colonnaded streets of...
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Via dei Tribunali, Naples (redirect from Decumanus Maggiore, Naples)
to the south by the lower decumanus (Decumano Inferiore, now called Spaccanapoli) and to the north by the upper decumanus (Decumano Superiore) (now via...
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instead terminates in a forum at the intersection with the decumanus. At the west end of the decumanus rises a 12 m high triumphal arch, called the Arch of...
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parts, called Quarters, by their two main avenues: the Cardo and the Decumanus Maximus. Cities portal Bairro Barrio Borough European Quarter French Quarter...
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city of Neapolis. The central main Decumanus Maggiore is now Via dei Tribunali; while the southernmost or lower Decumanus Inferiore is now Spaccanapoli. The...
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also had a decumanus maximus, an east–west street that served as a secondary main street. Due to varying geography, in some cities the decumanus is the main...
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its two main axes: the Decumanus Maximus (east-west; known today as the Via Recta) and the Cardo (north-south), the Decumanus being about twice as long...
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(Greek: τὴν ῥύμην τὴν καλουμένην εὐθεῖαν) in the New Testament, is the old decumanus maximus, the main east-west Roman road, of Damascus, Syria. It runs from...
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route (decumanus maximus). However, as the main cardo ran up the western hill, and the Temple Mount blocked the eastward route of the main decumanus, the...
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conversion of St. Paul in Acts 9:11), also known as the Via Recta, was the decumanus (east–west main street) of Roman Damascus, and extended for over 1,500 m...
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the "tau cross", or the Hebrew tau "+" symbol). It also parallels the Roman system of Cardo and Decumanus, being central road crosses through towns....
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clear and awaits investigation at the start of the Decumanus Maximus. Beyond the City Gate the Decumanus Maximus begins. Fifty meters up this street there...
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the newer part, behind the Decumanus Maximus (main street), which bisected the Roman-era part of the city. The decumanus was paved, with footways on...
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buildings. The Roman Forum, at the crossing of the Cardo Maximus and Decumanus Maximus, was approximately placed where current Plaça de Sant Jaume is...
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View north from Umm Qais: the Decumanus street of ancient Gadara in the foreground; the Galilean hills and the Sea of Galilee (centre-left), and the Golan...
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Different forms of the stomach in mammals. A, dog; B, Mus decumanus; C, Mus musculus; D, weasel; E, scheme of the ruminant stomach, the arrow with the...
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intersection of Cardo Maximus and Decumanus Maximus streets two in Jerash (Jordan): one at the intersection of northern-decumanus and cardo maximus and the other...
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eras relevant to the city. In 2010, the decumanus site, with remains from the Cardo Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus, diverse shops or tavernae, and...
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perpendicular to each other: the first, generally oriented east–west, was called decumanus maximus, which was traced taking as reference the place where the sun...
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distances were counted, was always the crossing between the Cardo and the Decumanus, the two principal streets in every Roman town, running north–south and...
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stronghold, see also alcázar). The colony developed around a central street (decumanus) now the Corso Vittorio Emanuele.[citation needed] Carthage was Palermo's...
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long. It began in the Northern area and ended south on the central road (Decumanus) which went through the city. The northern side connected to the city...
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(east–west-oriented) and cardines (north–south). The principal streets, the decumanus maximus and cardo maximus, intersected at or close to the forum, around...
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portion of the Via Egnatia which passed through Thessaloniki was the city's Decumanus Maximus (main road), and runs below present-day Egnatia Street at 5.4...
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Augusta Taurinorum. Via Garibaldi traces the exact path of the Roman city's decumanus which began at the Porta Decumani, later incorporated into the Castello...
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with a Roman-style grid of streets based around a central cardo and/or decumanus. The Romans sponsored and built numerous temples and other public buildings...
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